Clark's 
Tangible 
Shorthand 
Self'Instructor 
Copy Book. 




LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. 



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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



Clark's 

Tangible Shorthand Self-Instructor 

Copy Book 



BUT NINETY CHARACTERS 
AND NINE RULES 



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No Wordsigns, Contractions, Positions, or Abreviations save Natural 
Contractions Used in Speech. 



FRANK CHADWICK CLARK, 

AUTHO=i AND PUBLISHER, 

DETROIT, MICHIGAN. 
.1900 



FRANK CHADWICK CLARK. 
1900. 



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Price, $2.00. 



1 

INSTRUCTIONS. 

H These instructions slionld be carefully observed rules, tliorouglily committed to become sec- 
ond nature and the alphabet carefully studied, for all the words in this book are simply coml)ina- 
tions of the alphabet according to the nine rules. 

Before commencing the study of this shorthand the students should thoroughly drill them- 
selves on spelling by sound that they may know the exact sound of each character. In this they 
may be guided by a teacher or a good dictionary, and the form of every new word in this book 
should be analyzed to give freedom of thought and action. 

It would be well to review the alphabet and repeat the rules thoughtfully before each exer- 
cise. The figures on the alphabet chart indicate that one is a stroke extending from line to line ; 
two, one-half the distance; three, three-fourths; and four, one-fourth the distance. Parallel 
lines are the same length of diagonal lines. This should be very closely observed at all times. 
A slight tick like this" - \ may be used to double the initial sound of any consonant character 
and intervene its annex vowel sound as "bl-i" would, wdth the initial tick, read ''bible." At 
the end such tick doubles the whole name of such character as ''sing" reads "singing." 

Quoted words and blank spaces should be looked up and lilled in to secure independence on 
the part of the student. 

All word and character sounds should be spoken aloud while or just before writing 
(thoughtfully and at all times). That the hand may follow the dictiaii of the mind. 

All upright characters and characters slanting up and to the h& may be made up or down 
for convenience. 

Accuracy first, then speed, make all characters as quickly as you can without slighting a 
perfect form. The "vowels" and "combinations" should be written over and over until they 
can be written perfectly at the rate of 100 per minute before taking up the next lesson. "You 
cannot carry a house all at once, but you can carry it brick by brick." Master the foundation 
first and the rest Avill become easy and natural. 

The circles for "a" and ^^" are made under and to the left, while those for "a" and 'T' 
are made over and to the left. 



RULES. 



All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial "s" at be- 
ginning of strokes or consonant characters, and add final "s," "sn," "sm" 
or "tion" at end of such characters. 

All consonant characterss are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does 
not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following "e," 
preference given to intervening ''e." 

The sounds of "ah" and "aw" are expressed by a backset and retraced 
stroke. 

The sounds of "ii," *'oo" and "e" between consanants, naturally blend- 
ing, are understood without recording them save in case of confusion. 
Preference give to the most familiar word. Context will distinguish them 
if the words are of different parts of speech. 

Circles are changed into loops to add final "n" or "m" where "m" 
does confuse with "n." With the initial "a" and "i" circles, the initial 
"m" may be expressed instead by changing them into loops. 

Natural narrow hooks at beginning of strokes add "t" or "th," and 
at the end add "n" or "m"; reversed, add "s," "sn," "sm," "tion." 

Pinal "k" or "ch" are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles 
or loops, and *'g'' or "j" by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



b . Vjl- as in by V^ ^^ W ^ ~^^ ^^ ^^ cause ~^ 

br xKx " bright y ^ cn-cm >^" county^ commission^ 

bl 2\_y " bi^l {^ kl ^J^ '' call "~\ clear ^ 

^k N^ " become V^ cr -^ a^ " acre <x. 

pk Vs^ " P^^^k V ^k^/'^^*' ^^-^ d*"^ scare ^^'~6 

P^ i^ " place ^^ s x^^^ " see (^ said ^ 

pr^i^ ** per ,^^ part y^ sb-sh'l ^ " should ^ shall ^ 

p.^v^ '.' pay Ar? ^P ^/^ ." ^.P^.a.k .(^.^P.^^^^^^ 

of — V ^y " of \ of th >^ sb // " subject ^^ suburby^ V, 

f \^ 2 " ^f "\ ^^ ^^ \ ^^^ Nj ^ ,^~N ' ^^ /'■'~:>r^^^^ ^— ^ 

fl,vi ^/ " Ml 5j ^^^ S ^^^^"^ ^^^'^^^/A " ^^a^' r^ ^^^^^ /—-N 

g C.3 '* L^^Jc ^ay....6 "^^ >r->^ " ;^^^*.^^...*^^^^./-6J^^°^^<-^ 

gr -^^ 5 " S'^'^a^ C O * ^^ " to ^^^^ two \^__,^ too^^^ 

gl 3(^2 " glad tr ^ " trade ^ trace ^ 



E 2X_L ' jury 

J 2^.jC " judge J^ 



jl 2(_2y " jail (^ n 5^ " no ^ own ^_^ ^ew^ 

jk ^ C^ " reject j<^ ns-ms / </" necessary ^j,_^ raess j 

eh ^^ *' aich g m j^/ " might ^ may / 

chr y f 2 " cheer ^ mn-nn '/ " ment ^ none >/^ 

ch'l v(_^ " child (^ r-are ^ " rite ^«^ wrote .««_ rise, 

ch'k v(^a " check ^->. or ^ *^ order ^ — ^ 

qu ( / " ^ueer (^ re J±. " read «-» 



1 ^ " law ^ rn-m ^ " remain ^ ender^ 

Ir v^ " learn _^ ^P"^ ^ " republic 

Is jSy " less ^^ lease ^ ex, ks ^ </ " example ^ # acts a 

^.^:.?:L_^..". ^.^^.^*.^^.^..;..-<^. %^.Ls_J^ ^s-J .*) ..3...". stung 7/^ P^.^M^.v^.. 

hi (3 [[ heal L- "hall [ z ) ^ '' zane ^ 

hr I </ " her | hear j^ hire j^^ sh'p ) ' " ship ^ ^^^^P X 

wli [ / " who [ what [, 



Vowels : Combinations : Deepened Curves : 

ya, a, i,i,e,e,u,db,ob,u,ah,aw,orj.o 6a,ooa,wi,wi,oi oii,wah,waw,woo,wu, eu,ea,yo^z. we,wg,ye,ye 



All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial ''s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final ''s/' ''sn/'' ''sm" or ''tion" at end of "snch characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confnse with t or tli. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ''e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ''n'" or ^'m." 

Final ''k'' or ^^ch" are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
"g" or ''j" by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



Shading vowels and hooks adds, s, sn, sm, tion 



say, 
O 



>oze, 


US, 


so, 


owes, 


yes, 


saw, 


ways, 


wise, 


one 


r\ 


y 


C 


C 


6/ 


1 


9 





J 



once, was, would, as iu an, is in an. as in answer to you 
9 0*^^ ^ 0"^-^ 



Prom the following characters the most frequent words are formed: 

sh, 1, s, thr, m, as; 



n, 


V or of, 


th, t, fr, r or are, 


or. 


p, b. 


/ 


..._ \ 


^^ \ 




. ( 




L. V_ 



z 



and, of, the, to, for, are, or, be, by, this, their, will, with, it, our, shall, 

<P. \..._^ S,^. \ — -..=— L^ L^.Z^ <^^ ^..>-N,...'^>.^./?rr::..^ 



I owe von, you owe, we owe you, ye owe an, I weigli you, ye weigh, all ! we weigh, aw ! I am 



away, I am in, I am on, say I owe you, you owe us so we owe, as ye owe. I saw you, you saw us, 



we saw you away, I am in ease, you say ^^as I see you," so you see, oh ! I saw in ease, ah ! you 



saw us use a saw, so you say, we say I am easy, yea I am. We say use a saAv. Yes, I say j^ou 



was wise, I once was wise. Yes we would use one in away, so I see you would. ''Were" you as 



wise as you say. I saw you once as an AYe would say use a wise way. We use a-way you 



say is wise, we say ''as in away." Yes, as I say, you owe us, would we see you on a sea? Yes you 



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All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial ''s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final ^'s,-' "sn/'' ''sni" or ^^tion" at end of snch characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it d oes not confnse with t or th. 

All ciu'ves may be deepened to add intervening or following ''e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final '^n" or ''m." 

Final ''k" or "ch" are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
''cy" or ^^j" by crossing over (liglit) from circles or loops. 



ail, all, oel, you'll, wail, will, wall, wool, ono, oil. sail, sill, seal, soul, swell, lace, loss, lease, loose, less. 



<^ U ^ -^y ■> ^ 



lav, lie, law, low, allow, licw, lawn, lane, lii 



lake, lack, like, lock, leak, luck, leg, lag 



^ y 



would see us on a sea. I owe you one of our You and I see the sea, we saw our on 



the sea. T\^e are in a on the sea, as tou see us. is wise. TTe are awav on the 



a. I would buy a of vou for us to to the sea. You and I are wise for so T\"e 



would be on easv ^\'ith vou. Will you do so I use one of the saY^s. TTill you be 



with us we to the sea? AVould you Y'ill us one of the I shall be a^lad 



YOU use one of the for Your ease and . AVould you be so Ydse as to buY the Avill of 



the ? It Y^ill be of to you for me to a^vaY. You or I Avill be on you 



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AH hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial "s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add ftnal 'S," ^'sn/' ''sni" or ^'tion" at end of snch characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add i, th, or d, when it does not confuse v.dtli t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or folloAving "e.^^ 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^'n'' or "m/' 

Final ^'k" or "ch" are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
"(f'' or "j" by crossing over (light") from circles or loops. 



late, lad, light, lid, lath, lot, law6d, lead, led, load. ails, eels, wills, walls, oils, sails, seals, souls, swells. 



-^y J J J J J J J J 



JJ 



ail less, Alice, soil less, sail less, seal less, soul less. 



^^ sJ cj 



cJ 



ailed, oiled, soiled, sailed, silled, salt, sealed, wailed. 



sea . I my saw and I owe you for it. Then you may see me as I am. Shall it be 



you or I? This, then, will be by the sea. My, it may be you shall will your to me. As 



for the will it may be in the of my . Which of you have this ? I said you 



should have your — - — by . We are to be in that party of . For the said party 



of the have and to the will. At which of the parties was it to be ? As for you 



we may see you at the party. I should say it with ease. Would you buy a for me on 



your way ? That was said with ease on your part. This is in answer to you, for the 



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All hooks and vowel characlers are shaded to add initial '^s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final "s," ''sn/' ''sni" or ''tion" at end of snch characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confnse with t or th. 

All cnrves may be deepened to add inter A^ening or following '^e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final '*n'' or ''m." 

Final ^'k" or ''ch'' are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
^'g" or ''■j'' by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



wilt, walled, Jacked, liked, locked, leaked, lagged, alleged. 



^ ^. 



layer, liar, allure, lower, liner, linger, lesser. 

-y ^ .^y- ^ ^ ^ -/~ 



lord, lard, allured, lowered, sailor, lesser, looser. 



you to the party. Two of you may sail on the sea. Will you sail with us on 



the sea ? You may seal the lease to the lawai by tlie low wall. I shall alloAv you oil. You may 



sell the seal or loose the line. The sill of the , like the lock of the , is old. You may 



lack, the luck of the sw^ell and lose the will. You'll sail in liew of us on the lake. The 



law mav lack and las;. The lace w^as soiled bv use. You woidd do well to lease the swell lawn 



by the lane. The wool would sell to one like you for you would use it all. Once an eel was on 



I02: ill the of the lake , the lawn bv the lane , the lock of the . The - 



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All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial '^s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final '^s/' ''sn/' ^'sm" or 'Hion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, tli, or d, when it does not confuse witli t or th. 

All curAXS may be deepened to add intervening or following ''e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^'n" or '^m." 

Final ''k" or ^^cli" are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
^^g" or ''j" by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



right, ride, rate, rat, ^vrite, rod, wrought, read, red, rude, wrote, 
o p ^ o -^ — — » — ■ — — ^ 1 



our, year, your, 



will leak , it sails on the lake. Alice soiled the lace and sold it to a lad for a lot of lead not 



The soulless lad was too late to light the will with a lit lath. load the salt in the 



lane. We sailed on the lake by light in liew of a leak and our kick was less. We like 



Alice Wells as a lessee. We sealed the will of the late Ella Silas for the lease was lost. Silly 



as Alice was the lass w^ould sail on the sea or the lake by the sea. The was sail less, the lad 



was soul less and Alice used oil less. The lad oiled the sails, soiled the lace and wailed the lost 



by-law of the will. The lad may lie on the walled lawn. The landlord let the lawn to a lady, 



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All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial ^'s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add linal ''s/' "sn/' "sm" or ''tion" at end of snch characters. 
xVll consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confnso with t or ih. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following "e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final "n" or ^'m." 

Final ''k" or "cli" are expressed bj crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
^'g" or '^j" by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



weary, -war, 

o T 



rye, 



by a lease for less the law allowed to lease it as part of the will. The sailor allured the 



lad to sea in a sail . The locks leaked as w^e lingered by the line of the wall. The sails 



are looser as lower. The landlord alleged that the sailor allured the lad. One layer of 



salt was on the lawn ^^that" was leased by the landlord. Oh ! you see I was well and ill 



you sailed away to sea. AVell ! you liked xVlice Sills as well as you ''did" Ella Silard^ or 



the landlord's lad. AVe lowered the into the lake for the sailor 'Svho'' sailed away to 



the sea by the light of . It may be right to read 'Svhat" you write on the ''rude sailor 



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All hooks and vowel cliaracters are shaded to add initial '^s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final "b/^ "sn/' '^sni" or ^^tion" at end of such cliaracters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, Avlien it does not confuse with t or th. 

All cprves may be deepened to add interv^ening or following '^e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add .final 'V or '^m." 

Final ''k'^ or "ch" are expree:sed by crossing over fheavy) from circles or loops, and 
"„yy or ^^j'' by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



rhinc, niin, run, ream, room, rum, Rome. 



at sea'^ or '^the lesser landlord of the lakes." A rat rode on the "^^that" sailed away to sea. 



I write "this" as an answer to you. You- are right you say you ^^wrought the will of the 



jailor" for "he" was well — with you and ""what" you . The air is light; the "cause" 



is right. Your right ear is red as red should be. For one year you were away to sea, and we 



were weary for you to sail for — . You may buy the wore ware and wear the wool to war, if 



you will to so. A ray of light we see to the right of the lower sail so say the old sailors 



who are" out at sea. The old sailors Avere in a rage at Eonie. In the ruin "caused" by the 



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All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial ''s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final ''s," "sn/' ^^sm" or ^^tion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse witli t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ^'e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final '^n" or ^^m." 

T^'inal "k'' or ''ch" are expressed by crossing over (lieavy) from circles or loops, and 
"■g'' or ''j" by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



nbc, chb, wel), bay, buy, be, how, bah, boy. sob, l)ase, bass, buys, bees, basin, buss, boss, abuse. 

^^ Vt_ V^ V_. ^ V.C V.S v_v^^ ^ U ^ ^ ^ v. 



Jiakc, back, badge, bag, l)atch, bank, bang, buying. bate, -bade, bathe, bat bad, batli, bite, bit, bid. 



rain. 11ie sailors lost tlieir lower sails. You may rue the hour "tliat" you ran away to sea willi 



the rude lad who wrote of what you wrought. The room was too low for the rig. We rode in 



the rig on the ridge of a rocky ledge. The sailor was a rogue and rum ruined the lad. The 



/'Rome" was wrecked at sea. You ''may" row the on the lake "if" you will at the 



rate you ride in the rig on the ridge of the rocks. We oiled the rig that we "might" ride in it 



by the lake. "This" year your wear wore well. The air on the lake is "yery" "this" year. 



AVe alleged that you were locked in the room as you said so to us "that yery" hour. You said 



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All liooks and vowel characters are sliaded to add initial ''s'' at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final ''^s," ^'sn,'' ''sm'' or "tion'^ at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are sliaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ''e.'' 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^^n'' or "^ni.'' 

Final ^'k'' or ^'ch'' are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
"g" or ^^j'' by crossing over (jight) from circles or loo])s. 



bought, bet, bed, beat, imbued, but, boat, boot. 

V. V^^<^ V^ V. ^ V^ 



baste, bossed, beast, best, boast, baked,, begged. 



bane, band, banked, banged, bind, bond, bound. 

^ ^ ^ ^ V. V. V. 



labre, sobber, sober, brase, brass, breeze, bruise. 



I was a liar and ^^tliat" was very rude of you to ^^say" so. I shall buy a ream of if yo 



me to so. The lad ran for the rat riglit away as as he saw it in the room. Tlio 



sailors were on rations for one year while on the sea. We shall sail o'er the swell sea ''this" 



year. The sea is in a rage and runs o'er the rocks by the ridge. The sailors raise and lower the 



sails at will as they sail o'er the rough, rough sea. We arose early as the light we saw from 



our room lowered. It may be that Abe "may" buy a bow for the boy ''if he" will arise early 



in the . Alice may buy the boy a rod and line. Should you sail on the ba}^, we sail on the 



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All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial '^s'' at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final '^s,'' ''sn/^ '^sin'' or ^'tion'^ at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or tli. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following "e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ''n" or '^m." 

Final ^^k" or ^^cli'' are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
"e:'' or ^^j" by crossing over (liglit) from circles or loops. 



])are, buyer, Leer, bar, boor, bun 



bore. 



brain, brand, brine, bralce, brag, brig, bring. 



bradc. brought, breed, bread, breatb. 



braced, brassed, brand, bragged, able, blue^ blow. 



.'^.^^^'^ 



lake and Abe and Alice sails on the sea, will that he all right? As the bees were in the basin 



we '^miciit" hear them buzz. The boss of the sailors was awav. The bov will abuse ^'liis" 



right to to Rome, and run away to sea with that rude sailor. I'm lord of all I of my 



rights "there" is to . The bank will be run by our old landlord "who" was a soldier in 



the late war and wears the badge. A band of soldiers robbed the bank. "He" may boast of 



his best beast for it ran well in the ring. The baker sold to the bank one bond but bought it 



back. The boy bought a bat and ball for a sailor boy. The brass band led a lot of lads ■ 



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All hooks and vowel clmractcrs are shaded to add initial ^^s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add ftnal '^s/^ "sn/^ ''sm'' or ^'tion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may he deepened to add intervening or following '^e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^'n" or ^^m.'' 

Final "F' or "ch" are expressed hy crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
"g'^ or ^'j" by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



blako, l>]aclc, block, bleak, oblige, blotch. 



bliise, bluei?, blows, bowls, bails, bills, balls. 



bailer, bowler, boiler, blade, blight, bleed, bled. 



blood, bloat, blowed, biased, blast, blacked, blocked. 



back tlie war, alone,' flic road. Their hrain rini wild as we bronoht the heer into the room 



The breeze blew the sails as the sailed ^^ont" of the bay. The 



landlord bragged of the bright roomed he had for sale. AYe were able to sail as the 



breeze blew well for two honrs. The bleak breeze will blow by the honr. We see a light blaze 



below the boiler. You mav boil the eel in the boiler o'er the blaze. The bleak breeze will 



blight the bnd. ^^ITis" leg will bleed as it ^^has" bled if it is not bound well, and ^^he" will not 



the Idood ^^at" will, but his lee; will bloat. One blast of the breeze will your blood 



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All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial ^^s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant ciiaractcrs, and add Knal ''s/' '^sn/' "sni" or ''tion" at end of snch characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confnse with t or th. 

All cnrves may be deepened to add intervening or following ''c." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^'n" or ^^m." 

Final ''k'^ or ^^ch" are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops^ and 
"g" or ''j'' by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



ape, apt, up, wipe, weep, sap, sip sop, soop. pay, pie, pa, pan, pen poe, pain, paw, pine, pin. 



pace, pass, pies, pause, piece, puss, pose, pains. pate, pat, path, pit, pith, pod, pawed, pond, pet, put. 



run Avitli . The Boers blocked the wav of the "British" for two lioiirs. You blacked the 



blocks so black that we would not let them be. We were able to brand the rogue as a 



as we saw her. We may breathe well as the breeze is . The bread is 'Very" light 



and I'm obliged to you. Will your pa pay the bill at the bank? You are apt to pay too little 



for the bread at the bakery. I had a pen for you to use . You wrote to us but lost it on 



the way ''here." He ''had" a pain in ''his" back. The boy "may" w^eep for "his" pa, "who" 



is away on the sea. Wipe the brass bowl with a . We saw the lad up in a pine on 



add initial ^'s" at beginning of strokes 
sni^^ or ''tion" at end of such cliaracters. 



All liooks and vowel cliaracters are sliaded to 
or consonant cliaracters, and add final '^s/' ''sn/^ ''oxil kj^ l^kj^l «u ^x^v^ ^^ ^l.^xx ^.......^.^.^. 

All consonant characters are sliaded to add t, tli, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ''e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^'n" or ^'m." 

Final ^'k'' or ^^ch'' are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
^'s'' or ''y^ by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



past, paused, pieced, pest, post, paint, paut, pined. pray, pry, pre, pair, peer, poor, per, par, pore. 



S,SC^<^^VoV^v^ 



praise, price, press, prose, parse, pairs, purse, prose. 



parade, pride, praised, priced, priest, pressed, perused. 



the lower. The boy bought a pie with a piece of for Alice^ Abe, and Elhi. Abe lost the 



jjath in the pines. The x>ith of the book is about the pond. You may put your pet in a pen. 



Poe was a poet and he wrote about the ^^r .'' Your best beast may pace past ^'his" at the 



x'ace -^ . The price of the bread and pies was too little. We will you the praise for 



your loyal band. If we should sell the apples for "that" price will you buy of us. The 



pen and the press are better than the sword and the shell. She wore a large opal. We shall 



supply you with paint to paint the j)ress. A poor purse is like prose, it is too prosy. The pride 



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or consonant characters, and add final '^s/* "sn/^ "sm" or ^'tion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse ^\ ith t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following "e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ''n'' or '"^ni." 

Final "'k'' or "ch" are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
^'g" or ''j" by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



npplc, opal, ciplc, supplo, you, pull, we pull. 



>^«y, ply, pica, plow, ploy, apply, a plea, pail, pall. 



l)ile, pill, paul, peol, appeal, pool, pull, poll. 



pailer, pallor, appealer, polar, player, pooler, puller. 

^^ v^^ V^^ K^ ^ ^^ '"^ 



of the soldier lies in parade. Slioidd you play pool you will spoil your ])urse. Who has the 



pull at the polls? He was paler an hour or two . ^'Did" you see the pallor on his ? 



The boys may pile the boards "very" w^ell for lads of their . It "may'' plague you to 



see the pluck of the boys "who" pull the apples. 



lie played Avell. We "may" place you by the landlord^ the sailor, or your pa. AYe pled 



for the boy "who" rowed the boat on the lake, for we saw that he was i)leased to be loyal. 



You say vou read the book, "what" book ? We boua'ht 



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or consonant characters, and add final "s/' ''sn/' ''sm" or '^tion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intcrA^ening or following ^^e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final "rJ' or ^^m." 

Final "k" or ^'ch" are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
"g" or ^'j" by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



plack, plague, pluck, place, applies, applause, please, plass. paces, plate, plat, plight, played, plod, piled. 



pled, placed, pleased, plcagued, plot, plead. pack, pike, pick, peak, balk, Leak, peck, book, puck, 



two pecks of rye. It pleased tis ''very" much to see you pack up iu tliat way. You '^may" 



poke the bhize, blow it aud a light. Our "republic" has won the applause of all "nations.'' 



"Albert may fill" a "great" place in our "republic." The "judge'' and "jury" are both 



"subject" to the law of the land. It may "cheer" you to "know^ that'^ the "county 



commissioner" Avrote the ""letter." Did you vote at the last "election?" We may "rebuild" 



our "barn" this year. It might be "necessary for you to be at the polls to please old Abe. 



AVe live in the "suburb" of this place. The boy picked the pocket of the sailor as he left the 



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or consonant characters, and add final "s," ''sn/* ''sm" or ''tion'^ at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters arc shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ''e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final "n'^ or "m." 

T'inal "k" or '^ch'' are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
'^g" or ''j'^ by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



packed, picked, pocket, balked, pecked, booked, poked, of, eve, I've, you've, we've, wave, wove, vie, vee, view. 



vein, van, vine, vague, vacc, vice, ver^jion, views. xale, vile, veal, vowel, evil, oval, vessel, valice, ciAdl. 



"ship." All Yoiir "acts" are booked in a ''legal" book in the back "parlov." It "took" us two 



lionrs to "go" to the boat and back as we saw an old sea eel on a low wall by the "shipyard." 



The book has no back on it. Of all the ways you've ever "seen/' I've planned the best. We've 



rowed, the boat o'er the waves in vain, for Alice was "not" to be seen on the "water." The vine 



was raised in the vase. "They" wove the wool into "cloth that" looked like lace. I yrrj vie 



with you to see the view of the beautiful vale below us. Your version of that party was right. 



It was a vain effort on your part to raise the boat "out" of the lake. The vice of that lad 



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or consonant characters, and add final '^s/' "sn/' ''sm'" or "tion*' at end of snch characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, Avhen it does not confuse witli t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ^^e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final '^n'' or ''m.^^ 

Final ^'k" or ''ch" are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
"g" or ''j'' by crossing over (light) from circles or looj:)S. 



very, a\'orv, ivery, ever, every, over, vior, veracity, viewer. savor, sever, verying, overt, versed, verse, versiou. 

\ \' \ A A \ V \ V \ A \ \ \ \ \ 



if, oif, ef, waif, waft, wife, woof, safe, sofa, fay, fie, fab, fanii, fee, fen, foe, feign, fan, fine. 



^liad" mined tlie bov. It is an evil "act" to offer mm for tlie ruin of a little bov or even 



to offer it for sale to an old soldier or sailor. He was versed in the veracitv of the bov. The 



overt "act" of the boy was ver}^ evil, but his veracity was past review. "If salt has lost its 



savor ^vherewith' shall it be salted." The civil "commission had" been "posted." It was a 



vaoTie view we "Iiad ont" on the rouoli sea. Your wife found a waif on the lake in an old 



black boat. The sailors will "soon" be off for the sea and "their" wives will "go" with them. 



It will he safe for vou to lie on the sofa if your wife "does'' not find it "out." "Each" sailor 



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or consonant characters, and add final ^^s," '^sn/'' '^sm" or ^'tion" at end of snch characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, Avhen it does not confnse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ^^e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^^n" or '^m." 

Einal ^^k" or ^^cli" are expressed by crossing over (lionvy) from circles or loops, and 
"g" or ^^j" by crossing over (b'ght) fi'om circles or loops. 



fake, fan- fag, fi- fidget, face, f('(>^, fuss, foes. oft, Soft, sift, aft, fate, fat, iiglit, fit, fifth. 



fouglit, fade, faith, fad, feet, feed, fed, food. fair, fire, fry, fear, far, for, free, fewer, fur, fore. 

\ No v^ vv\\ \o\\\V\VV\\ 



and soldier ^^^as ]:»aid a fee for tlieir "services." You mnv have a fan to fan yourself with if 



Yon like. The woof of ''my" avooI ''fabric" broke. Fie yon're afraid of the foe. Oft the 



fate of the fat boy was to face the foe and fight. The fifth "regiment" of our soldiers fought 



bravely in the late war. The boy ran to the fire at the foot of first "street." The faith of 



the boy brought about fair play. The fire began a few feet from the "edge" of the lake, not 



far from the wall of the lawn. That was the best phrase you had used at the party last year. 



The fierce bear faced the "brave" soldier. It is bad for the soldier to fear the foe. We fared 



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or consonant characters, and add final "s/^ '^sn/' ''sm" or ^'tion" at end of snch characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All cnrves may he deepened to add intervening or following ^^e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^'n" or ^^m.'' 

Final ^^k" or "ch" are expressed l)y crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
"g" or ^^j" by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



plirase, fairs, fires, fears, farce, force, freeze. freight, afraid, fright, feared, fraud, freed, faired, afford. 

\o \ \ \ \ V V \o \ \ \ \ V V \ 



awful, fail, file, fill, fall, feal, fool, full, fly, flaw. fieCj flew, flow, flake^ flag, flics, flaws, flicce, flows. 



WW \ WW V W\ W \W\ 



well 'Svliile" in vour room that hour. The fvei^lit arrived early ''todaY." It was awful fo 



YOU to put the bo}" off that way. The hird was filled with fright so we let it go. It flew to 



the old ^'fence near" the barn. The renter failed to have the lease brouolit oYer from "his'' 



room. The flag floated on the breeze that wafted it. The fool is full of folly and he "may" 



bring it out of "him." The Ay and the flea flew into the room. The flaY>3 in the board were 



very bad. You may file the letters in the letter file if you will. We feared that you were 



afraid of the fraud. You may afford to pay for the bread if we bring it to you. AVe used 



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or consonant characters, and add. iinal "s/' ^'sn/^ ''sin" or ''tion" at end of snch characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confnse with t or th. 

All curves may he deepened to add intervening or following ''e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ''n" or ''m." 

Final "k" or ^'ch" are expressed bv crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
i<Q.->7 or "j" by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



fnilod, flat, filed, fliojht. filled, fault, field, fleet, fled. 

v\\\ \ \vv \ 



hay, high, haw, how, he, hoe, hack, hatch, hang, hinge. 

b I 1 U L [ i- ci- ^ ^ 



that very plirase at last fall's election and you said it Avas not right. The baker failed to 



bring the bread and pies to our room last fall. The landlord rented his ilat to the banker. 



It may be your fault for you had the boy buy the lace of his ^'brother." The price of the hay 



was yery high last fall and ''this" year it may be higher. How high did you build the house? 



They plowed for two hours in the field. I hate the hat that you had on one hour before the 



part}' was out. AVe may head a party of soldiers on the way to the heath. They Avill haze 



the big boys as the}' pass. The Boers hid in* the heights as the British passed. He shall hoc 



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or consonant characters, and add final ''s/' ''sn/' ''sni" or '^tion" at end of snch characters. 
7VII consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confnse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following '^e/' 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^^n" or ^^in." 

Final ^'k'^ or ^^ch" are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
Ugj? Q^. uyy 1^^, crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



liaize, has, his, hoes, hate, hat, had, hath, height, hide, hid, liit, hot, heat, heed, head, hood, hoed, heathe. 

t> J J 1 I d d <h I I J J I L L I I, I U 



haste, liast, lioist, history, behest, host, hanged, hinged. hail, hill, haul, heelj hole, hiilsj halls, hulls,. 



in tlie field for an lioiir. Eidpatli wrote a history of the ^SvorlJ" for the people at larae 



AVe shall haste to see the host. Tlie sailors will hoist the sails as they go out of the bay. The 



bird flew o'er the lawn to the wall that runs ""around" the field. The black bear feared the 



sailors. The fraud bou^'ht the beer. The bear has its ^'liome" in the hills. The British 



feared the blows of the Boers. The brave soldiers were in tlie parade. His host studied 



history. The hat had a hole in it. How high ''does'' the sails hoist. The heath is beyond the 



hills. The bird flew hi£>h o'er the hills. He wore a hood and not a hat. AYe hailed the 



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or consonant characters, and add hnal "s/' ''sn/' "sm" or '^tion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it dees not confuse with t or tli. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ''e.'' 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ''n" or ^^m." 

Final ^^k" or ''ch'' are expressed l)y crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
^'g'? Qp <iy^ ]jj crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



Imilcd, huulcd, held, hulled, hold, holt, healed. ^^»^^» ^^ere, her, higher, hear, hard, hired, heart. 

I 1 I \ i 1 I k J I I L I t L 



.vho, why, wliinc, Avhig, wliack, wl)ite, what, wheat "^^^®' ^^^"' ^^^' ^^'"^^^ ^^'^^^'' ^^''^^^^ ^^'^'^^^' awoke. 



sailors as we liauled in the sails. The soul less lad has a hard heart. Alice oiled her hair. 



Hold on ! I am ready for you. He was not pleased with his hire. The history was at fault. 



He praised the priest who perused his prose. You are awful hard hearted to refuse the poor 



who aj^ply to you for food, for the pallor on the face of the poor is pitiful. The plaugu^ 



appalls the people in this place. Please may we pull the apple for Paul. It is hard to hear 



the plea of the boys for the poor. He hauled in the sails while he w^as here. It is hard to 



hire hands to hoe in the field. We paid the bill at the bank for the history. Why does the 



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or consonant characters, and add final "s/' "sn/' "sm" or ''tion'' at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse witli t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following '^e.'^ 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^^n" or "m.'' 

Final '^k'^ or ^^ch'' are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
Ug.?? ^^, aj?7 ^^ crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



sake, sack, sick, sock, seek, such, soak, forsook. key, cue, Co., case, kiss, cause, accuse, cuss. 



cane, can, kind, kin, keg, cage, cake, kick catch, ^^^' caught, cut, coat, code, cased, cast, cost. 



boY whine when he has his pay. The boy's head will ache if he plays on the lawn. The 



company was very sick of the cause for which they "labored. '^ The boy awoke by the light 



of "day." We walked all the way to Belle Isle. This week we will ride on the lake. The 



white soldiers fought well while in the Boer warfare. AYe seek such as w^ork well. The price 



of wheat was very high, rice very low, and rye has no price at all. Who else would you have 



work for you on the lawn with the hay. We fought for the cause of the Cubans in the late 



war_, did Ave not? Tf the soldiers shall not forsake the cause for Avliich they fought. 



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or consonant characterSj and add final ''s/' ^'sn/' ''sni" or '^tion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, tli, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 
All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ^'e." 
Circles are changed into loops to add final '^n'^ or ^^m.'' 

Final ''k'' or "ch" are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
'^g" or "j'' by crossing over (lig lit) from circles or loops. 



accused, coast, canned, kind, could, kicked. 



came, calm, come, con, coUbi, corn, county. 



camped, count, coined, country, commission. 



sickle, cycle, kill, call, cool, 



A black cat caught a rat in tlie barn yard. Howard had an ohl coat tliat he lent the poor lad. 



The Boers did not have the key to the code of the British. The sea was very calm when we 



sailed npon it. How can yon rnn that way when the air is so hot and calm? ^^Do" yon 



'^know" the cost of wheat this week? He bronght home a loaf of bread, a pie, and a cake. 



Can yon catch np with ns if we '^go'' ahead? The corn of the conntry is badly wilted for the 



'^need" of rain. When we came back yon accnsed ns of cold treatment. White ^^men" do not 



work in the cane break on hot ''days." It wonld not be a kind "act" to let the boy go away 



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''sn/' ''sm'' or ^'tion' 



^'s" at beginning of strokes 
at end of such characters. 



or consonant characters, and add final 'V' -"? — — ; . • i , .i 

All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ''e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^'n'' or '^ni." 

Final ''k" or ^'ch" are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
"g" or ''j" by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



clank, clink, click, clock. 




class, clause, close, clothes, clad, elide. 



clod, cleet, cloth, include, clothe. 



acre, euchre, ocher, walker, weaker, sicker. 

% --^ ^ "-^ ^ °^ 



this week. Can you fell liow kind tlie king was to yon when we sailed into port last week? 



AVe pnt a cake throngh the wires of the cage for the bird. When we canglit np with yon 



yon conld not tell which road 3^on were walking on, conld yon? His coat was cnt ont of wool 



cloth becanse he liked it so. They cast the wheat, rye, oats and so forth into the lake to 



lighten the boat that it might sail better. The case was referred to the comity commissioner 



this last week. The waves beat along the coast for two honrs, then the sea became very 



calm. If thev had come in from tlie cold they wonld ''not" have frozen their ears, or canght 



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or consonant characters, and add final '^s," '^sn,'' '^sm'' or "tion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are sliaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ^^e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final "n" or ^^m." 

Final "k" or "ch'^ are expressed by crossing over (lieavy) from circles or loops, and 
"g" or "j" by crossing over (b'g]it) from circles or loops. 



care, car, core, cure, cry, crew, crow, crane. crag, creek, crack, card, cord, cured, cored. 



cart, court, curt, crate, cried, crowd, accrued. Olirist, crossed, creased, crest, crust. 



a bad cold. Tlie soldiers will "go" into camp ''vet" this week. When we count ont the coin 



for the conntv commissioner yon will also receive vonr pay. You may call this a cool place, 



but the heat comes in this room also. The lawj^er got the clew to the crime, but he clings to it. 



Sa}^, boy, jour clothes are yery badly soiled. The whole class were clad in fine clothes. The 



claws of your bird put our fowl to flight. You may read that clause oyer and oyer for one hour. 



They painted the house a yellow ocher, while the boys played euchre. The sick "man" was 



weaker than ever when we last saw him (last week). The crow flew apast the barn. That 



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or consonant characters, and add final "s/^ ^'sn/^ ^'^sm" or ^'tion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ^^e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^'n" or ^^m.'' 

Final ''k" or "ch'' are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
"g^ or "j" by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



f^.^y> fto> S'iii"? go"<% 8'"'ige> gaze, gas, geese. guess, gooso, goes, gate, guide, God, get, good, goat. 

C C i L I. (o i (z(y C C Q c c C C (, c 



gained, gaunt, guaged, gassed, guessed, gust, ghost. age, edge, wage, wedge, sage, seige, jay, jaw. 



clause may be ^'incliuled" with the rest of tlie verse for all I ^"know." There was a bad crack 



in the board. You may ride on the car to the beach. We should take a card with us. ''He" 



crossed the creek seven times in four hours. They plowed fifty acres of the lawn this last week. 



The apples were coredall ready to be baked in an oven or be put into a pan to ''make" a pie 



with "them." The whole crew of sailors plaj^ed euchre on the crag of the hill and put their 



cards on a large rock. The lad would cry when he saw the crane. Tlie berries cured the boy 



of a very bad cold last week, so the old soldier said. The farm hand canned all of the fruits 



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or consonant characters, and add linal "s/' '^sn/' "sm'^ or ''tion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confnse with t or tli. 

All cnrves may he deepened to add intervening or following ^^e.'' 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^^n" or ^^m." 

Final "k" or "cli'' are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
"g" or "j'' by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



juice, Jake, Jack, jide, jot, jewed, jest, just. anger, eager, cigar, gear, gore, gray, grew. 



grow, grain graze, grass, gross, grease, grows. great grade, grit, greed, agreed, grained, grand. 



he conk! find on the bank of tlie brook. How can yon be so kind to one wlio lias been so cross 



to your '^connsin." ''Parker's bible" class rode out to Palmer Park on bicycles for the evening 



was ''nice" and cool. The banker bought a lot of coal to be used in the fall. You should learn 



to form w^ords by rule that you may "know" how it is "done." You may cart a load of corn 



to the court yard. Christ gained the "approbation" of "those" wdio hung him on the cross, as 



"they" gazed on his pale but beautiful face. A gay party was held at Carl Baker's house. As 



"soon" as they let the goat loose he butt the boy very hard. You may get a guide at the gate 



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or consonant characters, and add final "s/' "sn/^ ^'sm" or ''tion'' at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, tli, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following '^e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^^n" or '^m.'' 

Final ^^k" or ^^cli'' are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
"g" or "^j" by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



oiiglc, gail, guile, gill, gall, goal, ghic, glow. f^lan, glass, glaze, gloss, glisten, glows. 



glad, glide, ghied, glowed, glassed, glossed. agile, jail, jewel, jolt, jear, jar, jury, jeered. 



to go with you to the garden of the Gods. The good landk)rd put the geese in a "coop," the 



goat in a pen with the pet '^calf." "Can you guess how the wheat and corn "increased" this 



year over last ? It was very good that you could see your papa at the party. The gas will 



burn very low as so many were "using" it these last "five" weeks. On the crest of the hill may 



be "found" very small "pebbles." The court had been called for last week, but as it rained 



so "much" it Avas put oli' until this week. The way words are formed is like this take : take 



con shaded adds "t" to con and "s" to ah or const plus "i" is consti and with "t u" "makes" 



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or consonant characters, and add final ''s/* '^sn/' "sni" or ''tion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse w ith t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ^^e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final '^n" or ^'m." 

Final ''k'' or '^ch'' are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
^'g'? Qy "yy ]jj crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



juke, joke, reject, guest, jest, jeiit, jents, suggest. aieli, cncli, etch, such, Avitch, wateli, chew, chain. 



liin, chink, chase, clieese, chess, choose, chose. etched, watclied, chat, chide, cheat, chest. 



boys raised one grade at ^^scliool f "To liim who, in the h)ve of nature, liolds communion with 



her invisilde forms ^she speaks' a various language and for his." The ghie glossed the bureau 



beautifully. The rogue was put in jail by the police because the sailors willed it so. Alice 



is a sewer, so her lover said last week. That was a huge joke you told us on the boat the "other 



day." The lady fell, witli a heavy jar, into a cellar. The jury passed on the case that was 



brought up in court last week as soon as the judge gave "them" his instructions. In str (t by 



shading) kt — t by shading your. You may reject the offer the guest "made" to you, but it is 



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or consonant characters, and add final '^s/' ''sn/' ^'sm" or 'Hion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ''e/' 

Circles are changed into loop^s to add final ^^n'' or ^'m." 

Final ^'k" or "ch" are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
u^yj or '']" by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



(.•lioir, clircr, charr, chore, chores, church, clialk. 



clicek, check, choke, chicken, chokes, checks. 



^, 



Q O 



clialkcfl, checked, gone, Jolin, again, June, gun, jem. 

r^ o C C C V C/(/ 



sigh, ice, size, says, slay, slice, sluce, sell. 

r^CP CJ era 



Write words as close ''togetlier" as yon can. To-g-(tli by sliading)-r or together. Form as 



'^many" words as yon can. The eagle flew high in the air. Yon shonld not begnile the boy. 



•"'It is not all gold that glistens. See how the light glows on the glass. It fairly glistens on 



the glazed glass. The saliva glands are swollen badly. The glne was brown, yon say. A 



''stifl"'' wind blew several honrs at sea. The boy was in the first grade when three years old. 



The boards were very coarse grained. The party of the first part agreed to the lease of the 



party of the second part. They are at the grand opera honse. Are yon not glad to see the 



All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add mitial '^s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final '^s/'' ''sn,-' '^sm" or ''tion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are sliaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ^^e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^^n" or ^^m." 

Final "k" or "cli" are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
"g" or ^'j" by crossing over (liglit) from circles or loops. 



!^j)reo, sprain, spra_)'ed, aspired, spirit, spurt. 



speak, 



s])ealLer, aspect, spoken, spike. 



ask, sky, skow, 



scare, scar, score. 



r\/^~\r\ /^. 



constitute and tion' is added ])y shading the "n," forming constitution. Repeat the rules. 



"Eepeat'' is formed with '^re" "stroke" plus p ^^dee])ened/' add e or repe and t added by 



''shading" "p," this forms re-p-e-at. Head the rules before each lesson and write the 



"alphabet" once before each lesson. You may grow great by careful "study." The horse 



grazed on tlie grass before "breakfast" and appeased his greed. We agreed very well' with 



the great "orator." The "girls" and the boys "took" a sail this after "noon". ISToon is formed 



with "n," "u" started by a slight tick at the bottom of "n," "u" at top. Eepeat the rules again. 



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All hooks and vowel characters are sliadcd to add initial '^s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final ^^s," ^'sn/' ^'sm" or "tion'' at end of snch characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or folloAving ^^e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final '^n" or '^ni." 

Final ^^k" or ^^ch'^ are expressed by crossing over (lieavy) from circles or loops, and 
"g" or ^'j" by crossing over (iight) from circles or looj^s. 



shale, shall, shawl, shell, shalt, shield, shelled. 



share, shear, sure, shore, short, shirt, insured. 



Spain, si)a% spine, spin^ spake. 



spaee, spice, sui)pose, spade, spite, spot, speed. 



a good price for l)oarcl, four (lollavs is not easily earned tliese Jiard ^'times." You may not 



enjoy the jest, bnt it is jnst at least to say it is full of pith. Gents, your favor just at hand, 



receiA^ed with tlie greatest pleasure, and in reply will say your goods arrived by freight the 



forepart of this week in the best condition, and you may look for a large order "soon." Very 



kindly yours, George Grason. George is Jr. (tick aw is George and Gr a shaded adds sn). 



repeat the rules again. Aich vfas the eighth letter of the alphabet when I was little. A\'ipe off 



your chin and pull down your vest, so said the v/ag. You may etch each of my pictures in such 



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All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial ''s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add iinal ''s/' ^'sn/' ^'sm'^ or '^tion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant cliaracters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ''e.'^ 

Circles are changed into loops to add final '^n" or '^m." 

.Final ^'k" or ^'ch'' are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
'^g" or ^'j" by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



slate, slat, slight, slot, slcct, easel, sled. ash, ocean, wish, wash, sash, social, shaj. 

OCyc^ OCrV O (T cT y- y- s- a- r" 



sliy, pshaw, she, shoe, show, shine, shake, shaggy. shade, shod, shot, sheet, sheath, should, choot. 



Avdiile giving his instructions. Did you see in the rule where it says that a ^'naturah' final hook 



adds n or ni, write pen or pun, o^^en shade the n hook and ''nuike" it pension or pense; you know 



"context" will tell you whicli is which. Xow write Persian^ tlien Prussian by shading the short 



u stroke, tlien write Parissian by makino' a shaded short i circle inside of the a circle at the end 



of a pr stroke. Repeat the rules "thoroughly'* and carefully. Kow try the tion by "shading" 



vowels, nation, passion, ambition, bison, caution, competition, Hession. Will you shun cussion, 



ocean (which will not confuse with "so" or "oAves"). The initial hook for t and th are intended 



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All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial ^^s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final ^^s/' ^^sn/' ^'sm'' or ^'tion'' at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following "e.^^ 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^'n" or "m." 

Final ^'k" or "ch" are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
^^g" or ^^j" by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



scarce, scars, scores, sea 



school, scholar. 




kem, scan. 



skim, scheme, skum, asked. 



'^o n n^r^ 



scarred, scored, 



skilled, scold, scajd. 



shape, ship, shop, sheep, shep, ink, sink, sing. 

I) } ^ ) ■> ^ 1 



'^same" practice. Tlie orator gave a chalk talk at tlie chnrcli ; clir "in tro diiced" by a slight 



tick forms church. Read iiistnictioiis carefully. John gave Jane Jack's gun, while it was loaded, 



and "she" killed her brother. Albert e^aye Jake a check on the bank and checked off his 



account and you call that check "do" you? Abe killed a chicken with a bullet fired from his 



rifle. Did you ever "eat" artichokes cooked (tick) with kt. He has gone and he's left you. 



The ice was left on the porch in the hot rays of the sun. What was the size of it? Do you 



know? The judge (tick) said the conyict was guilty before the jury l)rought in their yerdict, 



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All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial '^s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add linal "s/' "sn/^ '^sni" or ''tion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, tli, or d, Avhen it does not confuse v^ith t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following '^e.". 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ''n'' or ^^m/' 

Final ^^k" or ''ch" are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
^'g'^ or ''j" by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



jnnst, most, mate, mat, miglit, meet, met, mote. 



nicOj niece, ness, nose, nest, mean, mew, moon. 



noon, monev, moan, known, many, nine, now, none. 

- - - - -, 



ment, moaned, e'en, own, v/ine, wind, wound. 

/ / ^ -^ y^ y' 1/ 



a wav as to please "my brother.'' The cliintz bugs sap tlie life out of tlie corn "until" it falls 



and wilts. Slionld we watch the witch handle the watch we would be pleased. A chink 



between tlie logs Avonld cause that cabin to be "warmer." Can you play chess with whom 



you -please and choose a good player — saj^ the one I chose. I love to chat with wise people 



who are not too full of jest at all "times." Did not the boy's chest heave with joy when he 



heard that he could ride in your cab. Be of good cheer for our book on phonography 



is complete and you can write eight times as fast as you can in long hand ^viien you have the 



All liooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial '^s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final '^s,'^ '^sn/' ''sm" or "tion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following "e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^^n'^ or "m.'^ 

Final ^'k'^ or ^'ch'^ are expressed by crossing over (heaA^y) from circles or loops, and 
"g?? Q^. uyy ^y crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



?amQ, 8onic, scam, suminor, aim, am, may. 



mew, mow, 



</ y y 



mam, man, 



tiiakc, maisc, mass, mice, miss, moss. 



muse, muss, mast, inissed, mossed, mused. 

yyy r / / 



for to or the as to-buy tlie-l^ook. AVe bought our little bovs and girls books, slates and pencils 



for tliem to "'take" to ^'school." Pshaw, she had old shoes and ragged clotlies. Will you go 



with ns to the social. I wish you would wash all the clothes for mv wife. Shake hands with 



my friend, Roberts. Do you use an easel while painting pictures? He was a slight built 



person, about your hoiglit, of a light complexion. Pshaw! you are a little shy while out in 



society, aren't you? 'Ilie stream is very shale and you shall cross it right away before it rises 



higher. Hear her sigh; she must be sick. You may give each of the boys and girls a large slice 



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All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial ^^s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final ''s/' '^sn/' '^sm" or '^tion" at end of snch characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ^^e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^^n" or "m.'' 

Final "k" or "ch" are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
"g" or ^^j'^ by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



singe, sank, sang, song, seeing, saying, sighing. sawing, siieing, sowing, wing, weigliing, wink, yank. 



young, zane, zounds, exist, exit, aches, ax, ox. eaks, oaks, wax, wicks, walks, weeks, }okes. 



of pie and a small slice of cake to put in their lunch ^'basket." ^'Thou, too, sail on oh ! 'ship of 



state/ sail on oh ! Unioiij strong and great." The boys did the chores early that they "might 



sing" in the choir with the rest of the cheerful folks. Again, John lias gone away with his 



gun, '^a-huntingy" I "suppose." Gathering up the shells by the seashore. Oh, wdiat a sight 



'twill be when the mighty host you see gathering up the shells by the seashore. You shall 



share your cash with him as lie is compelled to buy a plow shear. Are you right sure the jury 



has returned a "verdict" to the court '^ Take lier^ oh! bridgegroom, old and gray. The 



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All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial ''s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final "s/^ "'sn/' ^'sni" or 'Hion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse witli t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ^^e.'' 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^^n'' or "m.'' , 

Final ^'k'^ or ^'ch'' are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
"g'' or "j'^ by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



wen, nay, nigh, knee new, know, sane, sign, sin. soon, sown, you, name, knat, night, knit, not. 



nanglit, neat, need, net, nut, jiotc, knock, neck. aid, add, odd, wed, weed, wade, wide, I'd you'd, 



ocean Avavesj laslied the sliore, slielled the beach, wrecked the ^^ships" and ran high on the Land. 



The soldier mnst sheathe liis sword for this is a time of peace. Will jon please state to the jnry 



at what honr yon met the plaintiff and what yon said to him at tliat time. The boy's hair was 



rery shaggy when he went to the' sh.ow and to see the parade. The Spanish spy spoke boldly 



to the soldiers who captnred him. The iron is run out in sheets by rollers. Have you space 



in your paper for this article'; said the ^'spring" poet to the ^^editor." A rough joke is like the 



wasp it stings. The lad spaded the garden in spite of our request to let it alone. He is "truly" 



All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial ^'s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final %'' ^'sn/' ''sm'' or '^tion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, Avhen it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ''e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ''n'' or '^m." 

I^^inal "k" or '^ch'- are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
Ug?7 Q^. (cyy i^y crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



sad, side, sod, sawed, seed, sard, sued, 



loes, dine, Dick, dig, ding, daise, dice, dose. 




(l;dc, died, indight, did, dot, deed deal)), 'dude, dote. 



addle, idle, saddle, waddle, swaddle, sidle. 



a christiiin for 3'ou can sec tlie lio-ht of love sliiiie in his face. (Jreed backs n]) its desires with 



sliot and shell; love '"^promotes happiness" and wishes all ^^men" well. "^^Trne" prosperity consists 



in the fall nse of onr resonrces. The land of this conntrv coidd raise enonc;h to feed the whole 



world if it was all cnltivated. Onlv two hnndred ^'^million" ont of eighteen hnndred ^^million'' 



acres of onr land is nnder cnltivation and yet we wonder why we have hard times. The asp is 



very poisonons. Wonld yon handle it like that? ^Vhat is the speed of yonr horse? What 



record has he made at the late races? Some weeks aero yon were informed of 



All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial '^s'' at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final "s/^ "sn/' ^'sm'' or ^'tion'' at end of snch characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ^^e.'' 

Circles are changed into loops to add final "n'' or '^nj.'^ 

Final ^'k" or ^^ch" are expressed by crossing over (lieavy) from circles or loops, and 
"g" or "j'^ by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



ih\v, dial, (lall, (leal, dell, duel, dull, dole. 



d'hiys, d'la^ed, d'liglit, d'lude, dulled, dealt. 



aider, adder, odor, wider, eider, solder, ceda: 



dare, dire, dear, door, endure, dray, dry. 



''infringements/' now what "arrangements" have yon made to correct them? My ma tokl me 



I mnst stay at home. See how many words ending in eons (the ''en" enrve sliaded) yon can 



form. Also cion, sion, tion, etc (vowels and hook shaded). We heard the cat mew when we 



were in the hay mow. Yon may make hay in the early light of" morn. My brother and sister 



(nse a tick at beginning of "s") spent this last snmmer at the flats. AVonld you like to meet the 



mate before he goes away to sea? Most assuredly I shonld. The bird bnilt a nest in the moss. 



The men bought the mine of that old man we met at the mass "meeting." I certainly am amused 



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All hooks and vowel characters are sliaded to add initial '^s'' at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final '^s," '^sn/'' ^^sni" or "tion'^ at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ^'e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ''n'^ or "m." 

Final "k" or "ch" are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
"g" or ^^j" by crossing over (ligl^t) from circles or loops. 



author, ohhor, there, thirst, third, \\m-vm\, ihioat, threat. <lraw, drew, dinner, drain, drake, (h-aj^. 



drink, draying, drying, dried, draws. oath, youth, sayeth, scythe, soutli, soothe, with. 



over tlic way you make tliat most stationary — st-a (shaded add tioii)-r-y (short i circle) forms 



stationery. Iiepeat the rules again. Write the alphabet over once before each exericise and 



observe the instructions thonghtfully. Meditate upon them, bind them about your heart, etc. 



It is nearly noon and time for me to go home for my meals. The men had not meant to be 



mean. Form as many words as you can that end in ness, ment, sion. The words that form 



syllables can be used to make up words without changing them as note-a-ble, a-ssign, les-son. 



et-cet-r-a. Will you kind-ly give me your name as a sub skr i br to your paper (tick at the 



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All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial ^^s'' at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final ^^s/' "sn/' ^^sm'' or "^'tion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ^^e.'' 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^'n'' or ^^m.'' 

Final "k" or "ch" are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
"g" or "j'' by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



they, thy, thaw, thee, though, thou, thine, than, tliin. 



thick, thing, thank, think, these thus, thofie, that thought. 

^ — ^^-% ^^ ^-^ r--^ ^—^ ^-^ '0> r^ 



hegiiiiiing of pra stroke). You need not wait foi' tlie stock exclmuge reports, for tliey will 



not be for publication — p-li-k-(a shaded to add tion.) Every head shall bow and every knee 



shall bend when our imperial king passes. How soon will you name the parties who are to 



act on that committee (com-it-i). Repeat the rules, review the instructions and write the 



alphabet, being careful to make all characters the right length as figures on the chart ^'indicate,' 



in-d-i-cate. ''He was sown in corruption (tion hook). He was raised in corruption." "Shadows 



fall o'er castle wall, their long lines break across the lake." ''And 'adown' the glen rode armed 



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All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial ^^s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final ^'s/^ ^'sn," ''sm" or ^^tion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confnse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following '^e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final '^n" or ^^m." 

Final ^'k" or ^^ch'' are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
"^g'' or ''j" by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



]\roiiey is at the root of all evil, not ^'the'' root of all evil. 'MMonev makes the inayor 



(mare) go.'' AVhat am_oii]it of money can you raise b}' the first of the week. Our city sent 



money as aid to the poor in India. You would not believe that the weeds would grow^ so rapidly 



un-less you saw them shoot up-ward. ^ow, notice that in upward the short ^^u" is made first 



then '"P" stroke downward oo-r (shaded to add ^^d"), while in new "^n'' is made upward with 



long u curve at tlie top and in "neet/^ shaded "n" is made downward v/itli the long e curve 



[it the bottom. To distinguish the short e from long e, oo from u, the curves are made 



All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial ^'s" at begiimiiig of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final '^s/' ^'sn/' "sm" or "tion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following '^e.'' 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^^n" or ^^m." 

Final ''k" or ^^ch'' are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
'^g" or •']*'' by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



tie, to, tame, taii, time, tin, take, tack, tick, tag. 



talk, took, tuck, attic, atack, toque. 



straigliter, tlie same liolds good ^vitll we, and ye the short e should not be as narrow as long e is. 



I'd not think that you'd expect that we'd go to the lake Avithout you went witli us. How wide 



was the river where you crossed? On which side of the podit-i-cal question are you this fall? 



Pie sued tlie man because the man had sown poor seed in his field instead of good seed. The 



de-c-ision of the jury is bound to indict the criminal for Dick died the ^'ery hour he left the 



house, which was brouglit out in the evidence at court today. Will vou renew vour insurance 



wlien your policy runs out or will you try "another" company? asked tlie agent of the aged 



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All hooks and vowel characters arc shaded to add initial ^^s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add linal ''s/' ''sn," '^sni'^ or ^'tion'' at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters arc shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does iiot confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ''e.'^ 

Circles are changed into loops to add final '^n'' or '^m." 

Final ^'k'' or ^'ch'' are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
^'g'j Qj. iiyy ]^j crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



times, tints, takes, talks. 



tied, tight, tought, teeth, tooth, taste, tossed, test, toast. 



geii-tle-maii. '"Olij deaths Avliere is tliy string; oh, grave, wliere is tliy victory." Love draws 



man towards the object of his appreciation (a-pre-she-ation) 'Svhether" it be a beautiful face, 



form, intellect or fine accomplishments, but failing to find such love disappears and is succeeded 



the cold, clammy realities of life and leaves man in darkness. Man greatly becomes what 



he thinks his neighbors are; if impure he poisons his own mind; if pure and noble, he hiniself 



aspires to a higlier and nobler ambition of life. "Man never rises above tlie God he worships." 



Neither can he lift Jiimself with the straps of his boots." If his society is bad he will assimilate 



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at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final "&/' "sn/' "sm" or '^tion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, ih, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 
All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ''e." 
Circles are changed into loops to add final ^^n" or ^^m." 

Final ^'k" or "ch" are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
<^g'7 Qj. ^j?? -\jj crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



tacked, 



ticked, 



talked, 



took th, 



attacked. 



cater, utter. Avaiter, water, wetter, outer, sighter, suitor. 



by their influence to their ways of thinking (tick after k may add ing) and doing. There is a 



time to play and a time to study. If a child rightly studies while young, he can play when he 



gets old, hut if he plays wdien young he must study about his mistake when he needs that culture 



which he should have acquired. ''An aidle mind is the devil's workshoj),'' and it will addle the 



strongest to keep it pure. Did you dot down the deeds of the dude (tick) as he related them 



on his deathbed. You may view tw^o beautiful dales as you descend the ridge above 



AVilkesbarre, Pa., the Mohawk and Cherokee, The soldiers were in their saddles all day riding 



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All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial ''s" at beginning of strokes 

or consonant characters, and add final '^s/' '^sn,'' "sm" or ^'tion" at end of such characters. , 

All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ^^e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^^n" or "m/' 

Final ^'k'' or ^^ch'' are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
^g?? Q-^. ayy -^y. c^-ossing ovcr (light) from circles or loops. 



tare, tire, tear, tore, tar, tour, tray, try, tree, true, train. 



trick, track, trace, tries, tours, towers, trees. 
V — « v_^ ^^^ N,_9 v.^ v._y^ v>^ 



along the sidling ledges of the mountain nnder a heavy fire from the Boers. 'J'he hoy was so fat 



he conld hardly wachlle. ^'Thej^ fonnd the babe (tick before the ^'b" stroke) wrapped in 



swaddling clothes lying in a manger." Do not d'lnde yonrself by thinking it will not d'lay the 



mail man because he delights to mail your d'layed letters. The}^ will dole out the pay to their 



poorly paid help. It will daze his mother to see him play dice as he does. The doctor gave a 



dose of medicine to the guest whom he dined. You may dig in the lawn until you hear the bell 



ding. When they put a new adder in the bank they treated the boys to cider. The odor of the 



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All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial ''s" at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final "s,^^ '^sn/' ^'sni" or ''tion*' at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following ''e." 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ''n'^ or '^ni." 

Final ^'k'' or '^ch" are expressed by crossing over (heavy) from circles or loops, and 
"g" or "j" by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



trade, tri(,(l, trot, treat, tired, tnied, traced, truest. 
^p V^ v^ ^^->' ^^-J* ^^ VJ5 ^_^ 



trust, truth, tracked, tricked, settle, suttle, tale. 



cedar was more tlian the sick man could endure, while we thought it was pleasant. Dear sir 



the door of the oven needs some solder. We just read of the dire needs of the poor Indians. 



AVould you dare to offer that threat to the author of those dry plays. There was either the third 



or the fourth thread broken in the woof of that cloth. As it drew near dinner time we had the 



dray draw us homewai'd. As we were so dry we drank to our thirst's content. When the 



man shot the drake he dragged it into the boat. They say that thy thigh was no thicker than 



the thin way of their thumb. We wish thee to thaw the ice, though thou freeze thine hand. 



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All hooks and vowel characters are shaded to add initial ^'s'^ at beginning of strokes 
or consonant characters, and add final "s/^ "sn/' "sm" or ''tion" at end of such characters. 
All consonant characters are shaded to add t, th, or d, when it does not confuse with t or th. 

All curves may be deepened to add intervening or following "e.^' 

Circles are changed into loops to add final ^^n'' or '^m." 

I'inal ^^k" or "ch" are expressed by crossing over (lieavy) from circles or loops, and 
'^g" or ^'j" by crossing over (light) from circles or loops. 



tile, 



till, 



tall, 



tell, 



tool, 



toll, 



t'lace, 



t'lease. 



t'lose, 



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t'late, 



t light, t'let, t'lead. 



AVe thank you for tliis thing that I think 3^ou thought eanscd these persons to say ''thus act 



for those acts.'' I ate it at the oatmeal outing party held in sight of the bay. We sought for 



a seat in a suitable place and sat there until the set of the sun. The hot rays of the sun caused 



the sweat to stand in beads on our brow as we sat amonsi; the sweet odored flowers. Thev 



commenced a lawsuit with the insurance company to recover loss by fire. The lady took some 



time to talk about the toque she got in the attic to wear on her head. He had a toothache and 



the doctor wished to pull two of his teeth. She taught her daughter to test the toast which she 



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liad tossed out of tho door. The varied tints of the i)ictuves were in kee]^ing with the times. 



The lad tied tlie cord very tightly aronnd his toes until it was almost ready to bnrst. They 



talked about how the clock ticked which was tacked to the wall. It took the British three hours 



to whip the Tioers whom they had attacked in the open field. You may water the young trees. 



Her suitor could hardly utter the truth when he saw the tear-stained face was wetter with tears 



tlian the waiter had tried to tell him it was. First know it is true, then trust in the truth and you 



will never be tricked. Settle your bills with your truest of friends and tell your tales to the 



subtle young man. He tries to trace the track of Ins enemy by moon light. It is t'late t'light 



til' lamp, t'lead the sheep. Till the tall yonng lad can tell the tole he collected for tile hauled 



through the gate, I shall treat him as untrue to his'trust. 



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F. C. Clark, Esq. 

Dear Sir : — 

Your favor of tlic 'M)\]i ult. is at hand and contents noted. I herewith hand 
yon paniphdet copy of Michigan Manufacturing & Mercantile Law, also blanks 
for articles of association under its provisions, and will say that you can incor- 
porate your Company thereunder. 

You are not required to deposit any amount of the capital stock with the 
State, hut ten per cent, of the authorized capital must Be paid in to the corpora- 
tion. You can have any amount of authorized capital from five thousand to 
five million dollars, provided ten per cent, of the same is paid in. It will not be 
necessary tliat the entire stock be subscribed, but half of it can be held as treasury 
stock issued as directed by the corporation. 

The fees, so far as this office is concerned, connected with the formation of 
a corporation, will be a franchise fee of one-half of one mill upon each dollar 
of the authorized capital stock of the corporation, which fee can in no case be 
less than five dollars, ^I'^^l ^ fee of twenty cents per folio of one hundred words 
for recording articles. 

I think you will have no difficulty in forming your corporation and drafting 
the articles. 

Very respectfully. 



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Mr. F. C,\ Clark, 

Detroit, Aricliigaii. 
Dear Sir: — 

I am a stenographer using Graham system, and am studying Spanish with a 
^'iew to using it in connection with shorthand. I have not found the Graham 
very satisfactory for this use and referring to your ad. in Fehruarj' '^Bookkeeper" 
note you say your system is specially adapted to such use. AYould be pleased 
to receive some specimens of your system, and if it appeals to my idea of what 
thi>. kind of a shorthand should be, I Avill in all probability take it up. 

Trusting I will receive an early reply, I am, 

Very truly yours. 



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F. C. Clark, 

Detroit, Mich. 
Dear Sir :— 

I mail you under separate cover outlines of corporations. In organizing a 
stock company to manufacture your invention in this State there need be said 
nothing of your manner of doing business. If you organize a company for 
$10,000 the law does not require that any part of it be paid up capital stock. 
The fee for hling and recording articles in this ofhce will be $12 

Yours truly, 



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F. C. Clark, 

Detroit, Mich. 
Dear Sir : — 

Answering your favor of the 30th nit., permit me to say that I enclose under 
separate cover a blank statement Avhich may be used to incorporate a Company 
under the laws of this State, "and also a copy of the law governing corporations 
in tliis State. Fnder our Vaw, it would not be possible to hold treasury stock, 
as such; but tlie same might be held in the name of an individual, yourself for 
instance. 

Dictated by S. McV. Yours truly, 



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Mr. Frank C. Clark, 

Detroit, ]\Iich. 
Dear Sir : — 

AVc are now taking co})y for the March 17th issue of "The Saturday Evening 
lN)st/' and if we receive your order by AVednesday of this week you can get 
insertion in that issue. 

"''Jlie Post" ]uis a circidation of over 225,000, and at the exceptionally low 
rate of $1.00 per line it is certainly worth your consideration, especially when 
the high character of our circulation is considered. 

Awaiting your favors, we remain, 

Eespectfully yours. 

Diet. C. T. L. THE CUTITTS PITELISHTN G (X). 



Frank Clark, Esq. ' ' 

My Dear Sir:— 

1 hog leave to thank you for the copy of yonr little hroclnire entitled 
'''Decline of Old (ilory/' also for the ontline of the Systematizing Society 
Association. I will give to these matters just as much attention as I can; but 
I assure you that I am obliged, out of the exigency of the case, to put aside many 
important considerations for those most important things which I am obliged 
to attend to. Let this, I pray you, be for the present my excuse. I have been 
ill recently, and am compeled to postpone everything except the most necessary 
matters. 

Yours truly, 



Executive Office, 
Lansing, December 29, 1899. 
To the Semite and TTonse of Uepresentatives : 

111 iU'cordance Avitli my own views heretofore expressed, and in compliance 
willi the expressed wisli of a hirge nnmber of Senators and Representatives, I 
present to you for your consideration the following specific matter: 

The co])per and iron mining companies of the State of Michigan are not 
paying their ]^roportionate share of taxes, either State, county or local. The 
fundamental basis of taxation is that taxing officers should have the facilities 
and the power to determine the basis upon which taxes are levied and assessed. 
AVhile ,upon every class of property, whose value can be determined by 
investigation of taxing officers, I am in favor of an ad valorem tax that shall 
equalize them with all others, there are classes of ])roperty that cannot easily be 
assessed in that manner, and among them are mining properties. It is difficult 
for the assessor to know the actual value of a mine. Its values are hidden and 
can never l)e known until the ores are uncovered. 

There is little question but that the State is losing vast sums of money each 



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year in tlie matter of taxation by the present system of taxing mining properties. 
The mines of the ^N^orthern Peninsnla are largely owned by non-residents of the 
State. Bnt a very small proportion of the stocks are owned by citizens of this 
State. These foreign owners elect and control the assessing officers, and these 
pro]:>erties are taxed and assessed at snch valnes as they choose to place npon 
themselves. The copper mines of Tlonghton Connty alone are qnoted npon the 
market at not less than 130 millions of dollars today, and yet the whole property 
of Houghton County, including mines and all other properties, with sixty 
thousand population, cities and villages, is only ecpialized and assessed at 
forty-two millions of dollars. The inequalities in other localities are just as 
glaring. 

I therefore submit to you the proposition of passing a law that shall require 
the taxation of iron and copper mining companies upon their output, instead of 
an ad valorem tax as the law now requires. 

Respectfully submitted, 

H. S. PIKCtREE, 

Governor. 



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At tlio Durliani Assizes, in Ivegina vs. Laidlor, hoforc Mr. JiMicc Graiitliain, 
an interesting point was raised on the law of evidence, on which tlie learned jndge 
gave the folloAving reserved jndgnient at Leeds: '"With reference to the 
question raised hefore me at Dnrhani as to the admissil)ility of evidence hy a 
solicitor who was allowed to look at liis own acconnt of his interviews with the 
prisoner dictated hv him to a shorthand writer, and hv liim written in longhand 
shortly after the interview took place, I have no donl)t tliat I rightly admitted the 
evidence, and I mnst decline to state a case. The determining point in all these 
cases is whether or not the writing looked at hy the witness can he relied on 
accnrately to refresh his memory as to the facts therehy recorded, even when 
the memory of the Avitness is previonsly blank on the subject. It has been held 
in one case that a l)arrister who has forgotten all about the evidence given in a 



trial in which he was engaged can look at his notes of the trial and then say, 
'As these notes are on my brief and were made by iije, 1 say that such and such 
CA'idence was given or Avas not given (as the case may be), although I have no 
recollection of the case.' (Regina vs. Ckiinea — l.s^llr. Circ. Rep. 167.) Again, 
a shortliand writer who had duly taken down in sliortliand the material parts of 
an address and could only swear to the substantial accuracy of the remainder 
\Nas allowed to refer to the whole of his report of the proceedings before giving 
his evidence. Again, when original notes cannot be found, the witness may 
look at a copy of them if he can swear positively from his own recollection after 
looking at the copy that it is correct. The use of a shorthand writer by a solictor 
is now so much a part of the daily work of his ofhce that if the reading of the 
account of his interviews v\dth his clients dictated bv him and transcribed at 



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once in longhand by the clerk, bnt read over by the solicitor some time after 
tlu^ occurrence, enables him to say positively such and such events did occur, 
no objection can be taken to liis so refreshing his memory, and in this case the 
solicitor had looked at tliis record of the interview soon after he had held an 
interview with the client. The shorthand clerk is his alter ego, and almost part 
of himself. In all these cases it is the peculiar circumstances of each case 
that must be looked to to guide us in determining the question. It is not like 
the question of the admissibility of evidence; the writer or Avritings themselves 
are often not admissible as evidence at all. In this case the evidence of the 
solicitor, apart from the notes, is clearly admissible. He then looked at these 
shorthand notes soon after the}^ were made, and he had looked 'at them again 
when before the magistrate, and as his eviden.ce before me could not have been 



excluded because he had on these occasions referred to his notes — if he had 
wished to aA^oid all question he coidd have looked at them the moment before 
he got into the Avitness box. * And if, as was the fact on those occasions, he could 
testify to the accuracy of the statements therein made, it would be the height of 
folly to compel him to give less accurate eA^dence than he could otherwise give 
if permitted to refresh his recollection in the v^ay mentioned. For these reasons 
I decline to state a case." — Law eTournal (London). 

TESTIMONY IN SUTTON CASE. 

On cross-examination Mr. Stevenson asked Daniels numerous questions as 

to the result of a worn type-bar wabbling laterally. He then called attention 

to the capital ^'G" and asked the witness if he did not find just what he had said 

could not occur, Daniels admitted the position of the letter as contended for 



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by Mr. Stevensoiij but said it was not contrary to liis statement and was easily 
explained. lie proceeded to giA^e a technical explanation of the result. Q. 
You h'ai<l that the periods and commas would go tlirough tlie paper if operated 
by a beginner^ did you not^ A. It is usually the case; that is the tendency. 
Q. Isn't it true that macliines are new adjusted so as to overcome this^ A. 
An atteinpt has been made to overcome this, but it has not been successful. Q. 
Isn't it a fact that they have been adjusted so that the period and comma can 
be struck as hard as any letter without going through the paper? A. I think 
not. It requires the same degree of skill to avoid this. 

.Mr. Stevenson called attention to the small letter ^'g" in a certain word in 
one of the disputed exhibits, and asked the witness if he could see the alleged 
opening in the top with his glasses off. Daniels said he could not. The letter 



was then shown to tlie jury. The prosecutor claimed this was unfair, as 
SieA'enson had asked the witness to inspect the letter without the aid of his 
glasses. Tlie court ordered tbe question and answer out, and Daniels said that 
Avitli his glasses on he could see the opening plainly. 

Ealph Stone, private secretary to Gov. Pingree, testified that he could not 
recall any letters signed by the governor being sent out uncopied. He was 
shown, the military order. Q. Whose signature is that '^ A. It appears to 
be tlie governor's. Q. Anything peculiar al^out it? A. Yes, sir. Q. 
AVhat are the peculiarities? A. It appears to be irregular, and to have been 
written without sufficient ink. The capital "P" is made up of light and heavy 
lines. Q. In the general contour or appearance of the signature do you see 
anything unusual? A. 'No, sir. Q. Was that order ever copied in either 



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the Lansing or Detroit office? A. l^o, sir. Q. Do you ever remember 
seeing sucli a letter written or sent out of the office? A. ^o, sir. 

Here Tuttle introduced a new and interesting subject by asking Stone when 
the last special session of the legislature was called. A. It was called to meet 
Monday, December 18. Q. When was the call issued? A. I cannot say as 
to the exact date. Sometime during the previous Aveek. Q. How long before 
the call was issued did the governor come to Lansing? A. I don't recall. Q. 
Did you come out with him? A. Yes, sir. Q. Did anyone else come? A. 
I don't recall. Q. Did Gen. White come? A. I do not recall that he did. 
Q. AYhat time of day did you come out, morning or afternoon? A. I don't 
remember. Q. LIow long had the plan to call a special session on that date 
been under consideration by the governor? A. I think during the preceding 



week, but my mind is not entirely clear as to that. Q. Do you know of the 
preparing of a message to impeach Judge Person ? 

Stevenson objected to thig; and the court excluded it until Sutton had been 
connected with it. 

Q. Where were you the preceding week? A. In Detroit. Q. Did you 
see Colonel Sutton tliere? A. I don't recall. Q. Do you remember Colonel 
Sutton being present at meetings to consider the call? A. I do not recall his 
being present at any. Q. Were you present? A. I do not recall any such 
meetings at all. Q. j^o meetings at all? A. With whom? asked the witness. 
Q. Any meetings or conferences, said Tuttle, with the governor before the 
special session was called? A. I don't recall any. Q. Kone at all? A. I 
think tliere was one on the Sunday preceding the session. Q. Was Colonel 



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Sutton present? A. I don't recall. Q. Do yon remember that lie was not 
present? A. I don't think he was. I am quite certain that he was not. Q. 
After the call for the special session was issued, were there any conferences 
regarding the impeachment of Judge Person at which Col. Sutton was present? 

Lansing, ]\Iich., June 2. — The nrst of the requests of the defense to the 
cliarge of the court is that the people have failed to make out such a case as 
would justify the conclusion that Sutton is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, 
and the verdict should, therefore, be not guilty. Failing in this the defendant's 
attorneys requested the court to charge as follows : 

2. That it is the duty to acquit unless the people have satisfied the jury 
that defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. 

o. That the testimony must have stich an effect upon the jurors' minds as 



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to convince tlieni that there is no reasonable donht of the fact^ or the verdict 
mnst be not guilty. 

■i. That it is not the duty of defendant to put in evidence that will raise a 
doubt as to his guilt, he to be presumed to be innocent nntil the evidence drives 
out of the jurors' minds tlie presumption of innocence and shows guilt. 

5. Before the defendant can be convicted tlie jury must be able to say 
tliat the proofs show beyond a reasonable doubt that he conspired with White 
to defraud the state. 

6. In considering the question of whether he did conspire, the jury must 
not consider what Bickerstaff testified what White told him, or what White did 
vrith the money Bickerstaff says he paid White, or wliat White did or said, or 
what Colonel Smith testified White told him, or the organization of the Illinois 



Supply Company by the Henderson- Ames people, or the manner in which the 
bids were received or made when the goods were bought, or the visit by Sutton 
at the ]*equest of the goveiinor to ask for White's resignation, or the visit to 
Sn)ith at Smith's request. 

7. With regard to the question of conspiracy, the jury must be careful to 
leave out of consideration all statements of any or all persons who are alleged 
to haA^e conspired with him, ha^'ing no right to consider what any of them said 

to or about each other, but must determine from respondent's acts alone whether 
or not he entered into a conspiracy to defraud the State. 

8. The jury cannot convict even though they conclude that there was a 
conspiracy between White, Marsh and the Henderson- Ames Company to defraud 

the State, without evidence that Sutton aided, advised, counseled or procured 



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A\'liitc to commit such fraud upon the State. 

9. That there is no evidence tending to show that Sutton so aided or 
counseled Wliite. 

10. That the telegram of White to Bickerstaft" of June 20 is not competent 
evidence against Sutton, and should he excluded from the minds of the jurors. 

1!. That Bickerstaff's testimony that he met White at the Metropole Juno 
20, and conversed with him when Sutton was not present, is not competent 
evidence against Sutton. 

12. That Bickerstaff's testimony that it was agreed hetween White and 
Henderson- Ames Company that each should furnish a portion of the purchase 
fund i:- uot, under the indictment in this case, competent evidence against Sutton 
unless the jury finds from other evidence that Sutton contril)uted a part of the 



$7,000 contributed by White, and did so knowing it was to be used for making 
a frail dnlent purchase from White as quartermaster-general. 

13. That the testimonr tending to show that Harsh contri]:)uted a part of 
this fund is not competent against Sutton unless the jury finds that Sutton 
contributed a part of the money furnished by A\"hite, knowing that it was to be 
used for the aboye fraudulent purpose. 

14. That the eyidence that on August 21 White sent Sutton the $2,500 
certificate of deposit, which was indorsed oyer to W. Q. Hunt, is not competent 
against Sutton, and should be excluded from the minds of the jurors. 

15. That tlie eyidence tending to shaw that White drew $8,401 in currency 
on September 11 is no eyidence that Sutton receiyed that money, and the fact 
that on September 12 Sutton deposited $S,200 does not tend to proye that he 



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received any of the money Bickerstaff claims to have paid White. 

IG. The writing of the letter of Marsh to the attorney-general, and the 
attendance of Marsh at the meetings of the military board of Jnly 17 and 26, 
and the adoption of resolntions at the meetings of June 30 and Jnly 17, were 
lawfnl and proper acts for Marsh to perform as a member of the board. 

17. Tliat Sutton's letter to the attorney-general, inclosing the Marsh letter 
is not evidence of Sutton's guilt of the crime charged. * 

18. That the visit of Sutton to the attorney-general and his consultations 
\vi{]\ that official are not evidence of portend to the military board the opinion 
of tlie attorney-general. 

19. That the opinion of the attorney-general was reported to the board, 
and White was instructed to consult with tlie governor and state auditors. 



20. That there is no evidence tending to show that Sutton took any part 
in the meetings of the military board of July 17 and subsequent dates. 

21. That there is no evidence that Sutton took any part in the sale to the 
Illinois Supply Company, or the purchase of the same or new goods by White. 

22. That if the people have not satisfied the jury beyond a reasonable 
doubt that the money deposited by Sutton on September 12 was a part of the 
money paid Wliite by Eickerstaff, then Sutton cannot be convicted on account 
of that deposit, whether or not he lias satisfied the jury where he got his money. 

23. That the mere fact that some acts or acts of Sutton tended to aid and 
assist White and others to defraud the State is not sufficient to warrant a verdict 
of guilty, but the people must satisfy the jury that Sutton knew at the time that 
a scheme to defraud tlie State had been formed and that he intended to aid the 



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conspirators. 

24. That it is not enongli for tlie people to satisfy the jury that Sutton 
may have aided or assisted in a conspiracy to defraud the State, or may have 
leceived money obtained by such conspiracy, but they must show that he 
knowingly aided such conspiracy, or actually received such money by proof that 
satisfies the jurors' minds beyond a reasonal)le doubt. 

25. That the testimony regarding the money draAvn by General White 
from the account of White & White was admitted only as bearing on the guilt 
of AVhite, and does not in any way tend to convict Sutton, and must not be 
considered as to him. 

20. That the testimon}^ as to deposits by White was admitted as bearing 
on the guilt of White, and must not be considered as against Sutton. 



27. That the testimony as to the loan made by H. F. Marsh to John E. 
Pierce was admitted as bearing on tlie guilt of AYliite and cannot be considered 
as against Sntton. 

28. That Sntton was not caled upon to produce or account for Pierce, and 
t]ie fact that he was not produced or that certain witnesses did not know him, 
must not be considered against Sutton. 

29. That the deposits of money in Allegan and the dealings of Marsh and 
his father with regard to them must not be considered against Sutton. 

30. That if any facts proven in the case are consistent with two theories, 
one of the defendant's guilt and the other of his innocence, it is the duty of the 
jnry to accept the theory of those facts that is consistent with his innocence. 







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Sefior Don Antonio Rodriguez, 

Barcelona, Espana. 
Miiy Senor naio: — 

He recibido con el mayor gusto la noticia del ultimo triunfo obtenido por Vd 
en la Academia de Cienciae y me permito darle mi mas sincera enhorabuena. Ha eido una 
verdadera dicha para Vd el poder reunir los sufragioe de los sabios que la componen, y no lo ee 
menor para dicha eociedad el haber sabido distinguir un merito tan brillante como el de Vd ; 
por este mdrito pues, debo felicitarle y al mismo tiempo a la Academia por la equidad de 
sn juicio. 

Soy de Vfi respetuosamente, Atto y S. S 



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